WBW #9 Announced: Think Pink!
After missing most recent Wine Blogging Wednesday due to a computer crash, I'm doubly intent on getting back on the wagon for the coming one. Hosted by Becks and Posh, the theme for this go around is "Think Pink!". Find a rosé wine, taste it and write about the experience on May 11th.
This one will be a challenge for me. The only pink variety with which I have any experience is White Zinfandel, described to me long ago by only-God-remembers-who as a gateway wine. Sweet, light and lacking substance, it's the wine for people who don't drink wine. It gets people their first taste, sucks them in and gets them hooked on real wine drinking. When you grow up, you move to more substantial wines--wines that are moody, complex and that can hold their own in a barroom brawl.
My goal is to find a pink wine that I like well enough to break my (unfair?) stereotypes about pink wines; a wine I can throw back at my friends when they snicker. I want a really good pink wine.
Try some rose of pinot noir if you can find it. The Sanford (Santa Barbara, CA) is great. You might try asking a smaller wine merchant for some suggestions. Unfortunately, roses have been tarred with the white zin brush.
"Tarred with the white zin brush" describes it well. I'll look for that Sanford rose. Thanks for the pointer!
Well this is a treat! I've 'trolled' through many a blog search engine to try and find other blogs on Hawaii food and such and have never seen your site. Great, great posts...especially the 'Saturday Farmer's Market at KCC'. Never had the experience of being there but sure brought back some memories of the Farmer's Market in Hilo.
I'm looking forward to reading up on your pink wine review. WBW has always sounded tempting and I would have liked to get involved in this one but errr...I don't pink wine would go over too well in this household. Just as well, I drink way too much of the vino and would praise the gods if I could just find Hinano beer over here. Gosh how I miss the islands!! Aloha!
Thanks for stopping by Rowena! I'm going to be in Hilo next month-- I'll have to look for that market too. Malama pono!